Holy anointing oil
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The holy anointing oil described in Exodus 30:22-25 was created from 500 shekels (about 6 kg) of myrrh, half as much (about 3 kg) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels (about 3 kg) of fragrant cane (calamus), 500 shekels (about 6kg) of cassia, and a hin (about 4 L) of olive oil.
Since the amount of spices would clearly overwhelm the olive oil, it is thought that these measures were of the original spices that were then distilled down, by "the art of the apothecary", to essential oils. Because there is no record of how the Jews rendered oil from their spices, it is unclear as to how much oil would have made up the final mixture.
The holiness of the oil was protected by the ceremonial law, which prohibited its use in anything but the rites of the temple, on threat of banishment from among the Jewish people.
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THE CANNABIS CONNECTION (One sects interpretation)
The oil of the spirit- A full compliment of the cannabis version of holy anointing oil was made with Cannabis on October 27th, 2005 in Laytonville, California at the United Cannabis Minister's Summit Meeting. 6.3 pounds of cured Cannabis, or 'marijuana' flowers were added to the hot olive oil and participants also added the myrrh, cinnamon, cassia and their prayers as they stirred the ceremonial pot. As far as we know, this is the first time in modern history when the sacramental recipe has been made with Cannabis and distributed to the sick and the poor.
It is thought by some practitioners that the words "Jesus Christ" translate to, "I am anointed", and that those who receive an anointing with this special oil receive the grace of Jesus Christ and fulfill the ancient prophesy given in the last sentence of the Holy Bible.
The majority of scholars do not believe that cannabis was used in the Holy Anointing Oil at all. On April of 1988 the VJRI excavation team, headed by Vendyl Jones, discovered a juglet of Holy Anointing Oil in the ruins of Qumran (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found). The Pharmaceutical Department of Hebrew University did intensive testing which revealed that this was indeed the Holy Anointing Oil. In all of these tests there were never any indications whatsoever that cannabis was a part of the ingredients. February, 15, 1989 the New York Times broke the news to the public. The story was covered by CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC. In October of 89 the find was reported in National Geographic Magazine and later by Omni magazine. Since then residues of the Holy Anointing Oil has been discovered in other juglets that have been unearthed in Israel. Never has cannabis ever been detected in any of these discoveries.
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